Karan Arora in Mohali

Mahindra KUV100 NXT Latest Updates The  Mahindra  KUV100 is set to get a price hike from July 1 due to the implementation of new safety features to make it compliant with the AIS 145 safety norms. According to Mahindra’s future plan to shift to BS6 engines, the 1.2-litre diesel engine in the KUV100 NXT will not be updated to meet the BS6 norms. Mahindra has made it clear that updating this engine will come at a cost and with the increase in price, the KUV100 NXT will fall out of competition. Mahindra may call the KUV100 a ‘microSUV’ but you and I know it’s not much more than a hopped up hatchback. With the NXT, the formula has been tweaked a bit in a bid to make it more appealing. Additions include a new front grille and bumper, new alloy wheels and clear-lens tail lamps. The interiors now feature an all-black colour scheme and get a new 7-inch touchscreen. Mahindra has also done away with a couple of dials on the dashboard to reduce the clutter. Most importantly, ...

If you’re not an athlete or serious exerciser — and you just want to work out for your health or to fit in your clothes better — the gym scene can be intimidating and overwhelming. What are the best exercises for me? How will I find the time? Just having to walk by treadmills, stationary bikes, and weight machines can be enough to make your head straight back home to the couch. Yet some of the best physical activities for your body don’t require the gym or ask you to get fit enough to run a marathon. These “workouts” can do wonders for your health. They’ll help keep your weight under control, improve your balance and range of motion, strengthen your bones, protect your joints, prevent bladder control problems, and even ward off memory loss. No matter your age or fitness level, these activities are some of the best exercises you can do and will help you get in shape and lower your risk for disease: 1. Swimming You might call swimming the perfect workout. The buoyancy of t...

13 Best Money Skills to Learn Everyone likes to have money. They may not have a need to be rich, but it is certainly nice not to scramble to find creative ways to pay your bills. However, money and finances are certainly skills, and unfortunately they are skills that most people have not learned. There are skills in frugal living, budgeting, personal finances, debt management and reduction, saving, investing and more. If you want to learn a new skill, and you don’t know the skills of finance these would be a great place to start. They can help you make more money, spend less, keep more of what you make and even save money for investment, property or a future, “something special”. 1. Creating a Personal Budget You need to start early to set yourself up for financial success in the future. If you spend beyond your means, you are setting yourself up to accrue debt and develop a poor credit score. Budgets are a lot easier with some good software to back it up. I recommen...

What are things to carry on my Leh Ladakh trip? A list of things to carry on a  Ladakh  trip is one of the topmost questions that I may have answered in the last decade of running my blog. However, I will be concise here and suggest that you may carry the following essentials on any Ladakh trip: Basic Travel Kit Essentials At least two copies of PhotoIDs for all members Pen and a small diary Bag locks (2 or more) Backpack or  Daypack Extra spectacles with cover Torchlight or  Flashlight Small Scissor Hand Watch Sunglasses – Recommended Multi-Plug – Recommended for remote areas Match Boxes or Flint or Cigarette Lighter, Couple of candles Plastic Bags / Plastic Zip Lock Bags Twist-ties, safety pins. You can find twisties at the link: Twist Tie 20m (Pack of 2) Swiss Knife (optional) I have a  Victorinox  Huntsman Red  Swiss Army Knife  which I have been using since 6-7 years. It has helped in many situations in mountains and st...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today condemned the bomb blasts in Sri Lanka in which 156 people died and 300 were injured. A string of  six blasts hit five-star hotels and churche s as worshippers attend Easter services. “Strongly condemn the horrific blasts in Sri Lanka. There is no place for such barbarism in our region. India stands in solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka. My thoughts are with the bereaved families and prayers with the injured,” PM Modi tweeted. Contemning the attacks, President Ram Nath Kovind tweeted, “We stand in complete solidarity with Sri Lanka.” The  blasts hit several high-end hotels and a church in Colombo , while two other churches were targeted outside Colombo, Sri Lanka police told news agency AFP. The nature of the blasts was not immediately clear and there were no immediate claims of responsibility. Americans, British and Dutch citizens were among those killed in the six blasts, which also injured hundreds of people, AFP quoted a ...

At least 500 wounded as South Asian nation reels from the attacks that targeted churches and hotels across the country. A series of coordinated explosions has rocked churches and hotels in  Sri Lanka  killing almost 300 people on Easter Sunday in the South Asian island nation. More than 500 people have been injured in the worst attack since the  end of the civil war  10 years ago. The blasts targeted four hotels, including the Shangri-La, Kingsbury and the Cinnamon Grand in the capital Colombo. Nearly all victims were Sri Lankan. Dozens of foreigners were also killed. There were no claims of responsibility for the attacks. Here are the latest updates: Monday, April 22: Death toll rises to 290: police The death toll from the  Easter  Sunday explosions in Sri Lanka has risen to 290 with almost 500 people wounded, a police spokesperson said on Monday. The police added that the investigation into the bombings will examine reports ...

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has announced a biopic on Sasikala, confidante to late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. Filmmaker  Ram Gopal Varma  on Sunday announced that his next film will be a biopic on the life of Sasikala, a confidante to late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. The announcement comes just two days after the release of his latest film, Lakshmi’s NTR, which focused around events that took place following Lakshmi Parvathy’s entry in NTR’s life. Varma took to his Twitter page and wrote: “Happy to announce. Coming very soon.” He also shared a poster that featured Sasikala and Jayalalithaa. The film goes with the tagline ‘Love is Dangerously Political’. Varma said the film is a story of relationship set against merciless men, prisons and Manargudi gangs. The filmmaker is yet to reveal who will be cast as Sasikala in the project, which is expected to go on the floors later this year. In 2017, Varma had expressed his interest in makin...

Janhvi Kapoor  emotions on First Death Anniversary of her Mom Sridevi- Mohali Businessman Karan Arora Sridevi’s daughter and actress Janhvi Kapoor has posted a touching tribute to the late actress to mark the one-year anniversary of her tragic death. It’s been a year since legendary actress  Sridevi  passed away, and the world is still mourning the tragic loss. The Bollywood star tragically passed away at the age of 54 due to accidental drowning in the bathtub of her hotel room in Dubai. Sridevi’s daughter and actress Janhvi Kapoor has posted a touching tribute to the late actress to mark the one-year anniversary of her tragic death. Janhvi, 21, shared a flashback photo on Instagram of two pairs of hands, probably of her sitting in Sridevi’s lap. “My heart will always be heavy. But I’ll always be smiling because it has you in it,” she captioned the moving picture. See her Tweets:  https://www.instagram.com/janhvikapoor/?utm_source=ig_embed Janhvi al...